Education: Learning from each other

Editor's note: A recent BBC documentary in which five Chinese teachers were invited to teach a group of British teenagers using Chinese teaching methods has caused a stir in China and in the UK. What can Chinese and British educators learn from each other? Forum readers share their opinions and you're welcome to add yours.

eaststar (China)

Neither the British nor the Chinese education system is perfect. They can learn from each other to produce disciplined, respectful, well educated and yet self-motivated, socially competent, creative and socially responsible students. In my course of primary and secondary schooling, I had the privilege of experiencing both systems. In my opinion, the Chinese system is excellent in learning the academic fundamentals, but not so much beyond that.

The first episode of BBC documentary series Are Our Kids Tough Enough ? Chinese School made its debut on Tuesday.[A screenshot from BBC website]